Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [coord] [vb infin] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it 's a dangerous thing to come out and commit yourself to publicly . |
| 2 | Not even the fantasy that one of the Tsar 's descendents was preparing to come out and offer himself as a leader within Russia itself , defying the authorities to arrest him and prove that they had n't changed after all . |
| 3 | ’ ‘ It 's funny to think that only this morning we were trying to persuade poor old Eddy to go off and enjoy himself on a facilities trip to the Persian Gulf … |
| 4 | Left alone , Meredith ignored her shaking legs and managed to strip off and ease herself into the heavy waist petticoats from beside the chest . |
| 5 | Another good way of practising the start without having to go through the exhausting rig recovery is to sail along and lower yourself into the water . |
| 6 | If we could all step back and watch ourselves in our daily lives , we might all learn a great deal — and with some effort , we could all no doubt be nicer , more attractive people . |
| 7 | I hope I can encourage the uninitiated to go out and treat themselves to several for their Christmas stocking as well as see the value of videos as a valid support technique during the long winter evenings ahead . |
| 8 | He said everybody liked to go out and amuse themselves on Saturday night . |
| 9 | Well that 's why I did it because I do n't often get the opportunity to go out and enjoy myself like that . |
| 10 | If he signs it that indicates that he has accepted what you 've jointly agreed , and then you 've got something , a milestone , something to go back and measure yourselves against and to justify what you 've done against erm the fees that , that you 're invoicing the client for , if the client at s at some stage decides perhaps that 's not really what he wanted after all . |
| 11 | For a craven moment she was tempted to go back and throw herself on the mercy of the landlady . |
| 12 | After so many years of being on my own I really do n't want to settle down and commit myself to a relationship . |
| 13 | Often I felt so full after eating that I had to lie down or drag myself to lectures , feeling as though I 'd just eaten three Christmas dinners . |
| 14 | He would have to heave her blood-stained body away from the door and then scramble over it before he could race out and lose himself in the hills . |
| 15 | He says you can still go out and enjoy yourself in the sun but it 's important to wear a hat and protective clothing — and to avoid the sun altogether when it 's at its height . |
| 16 | This is a film trailer , she thought , and at any moment he is going to turn around and reveal himself as the hero , the hunted spy or the detective . |
| 17 | The effectiveness usually lasts for some weeks , but is variable , depending largely on the amount of new growth being produced , and therefore the rate at which the toxic content is being diluted , and the speed of living — called the metabolic rate — which affects the rate at which the plant is able to break down and divest itself of what after all is a ‘ foreign body ’ . |
| 18 | It is only then that I can get up and interpose myself between his wet shirtfront and the sink , where the suds soak into my lower back . |
| 19 | They 're getting more educated , they can come out and enjoy themselves without that . |
| 20 | In the face of thumb joints with developing arthritis , I decided to lash out and treat myself to a Silver Reed punching machine , PM10 . |